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Hello and thanks for visiting IronFiremen.com My name is Willie Wines Jr and I am the author of the site. Obviously, I am a Professional Firefighter (Captain) and I work in a City located in South West Va. I began blogging a fews years back while assigned to Station #9. The Station (3 shifts) went in together and ran a blog that we hoped would give everyone a look into “firehouse life”. The blog is now dorment due to the Station being shut down (closed and consolidated) but you can still view the site here. I was moved to Station #3 but decided not to participate in their blog but rather start a new one of my own (The Station #3 Blog was not updated regularly and I didn’t want it to seem as if I were “taking over” ).

 I wanted a site that wasn’t attached to a station or our Department so I could post more of my personal thoughts, opinions and emotions without conflict to my work place (or fear of disipline / retaliation). I shuffled many names through my mind and wanted to assure I paid respect to the Firemen who came, served and fell before me. Wooden Ladders and Iron Firemen was born on a “Blogspot” address.

For whatever reason, my sites have been popular and that continued here at the new site. A good friend, brother Firefighter and famous Blogger Rhett Fleitz (of FireCritic, VaFireNews, RoanokeFire and many more) convinced me to join up with the Fire/EMS Blog Network. We shortened the name to IronFiremen.com and here I am.

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  1. Tyler says

    HEY BROTHER MY NAME IS TYLER SPAIN AND IM A VOL. FIREFIGHTER IN DICKSON TN. I LIKE YOUR WEB PAGE. I THINK ITS GOOD TO TALK ABOUT WHAT GOES ON AS A BROTHER IN THE FIRE SERVICE.

    on January 6, 2011 @ 5:17 pm. Reply
  2. Iron Firemen says

    Thanks for reading and following Ironfiremen.com Tyler. Thanks too for taking the time to comment. I get a lot of comments / emails from Tn. and it sounds like you fellas do some solid work. One of my friends is a young man named Beau Doss. Beau is an Explorer firefighter and even has a blog to document his journey. Check his site out @ http://www.thefireexplorer.blogspot.com/ Thanks again for following … stay safe.

    on January 6, 2011 @ 8:38 pm. Reply
  3. big chris says

    hey willie we met outside the university place hotel at fdic you were with the fire critic just wanted to thank you for being real and staying true to the iron firemen persona keep it up i’ll keep reading

    on April 1, 2011 @ 7:44 pm. Reply
  4. Bigpapanick44 says

    Hey brother this is Nick firefighter in charlotte and play for the cobras. I just wanted to say thanks for the great time last weekend and for being such a great host. Keep in touch

    on April 21, 2011 @ 2:40 pm. Reply
    • Iron Firemen says

      I will !! It was great to see ya again. I’ll be in town visiting family (Charlotte / Indian Trail) and will look ya up.

      on April 21, 2011 @ 7:25 pm. Reply
  5. jonathon viselli says

    hey my name is jon i am a vol firefighter out of ct i would just like to say that i love the site and the page you have on face book keep up the good work..

    on December 16, 2011 @ 9:47 pm. Reply
  6. Clifton Dalton says

    Hey Capt.. Great read…Just looking thru ur posts. Im orginally from Wytheville Va. Living in Chugiak Ak at the moment. Been in the fire service all my life. Love ur posts.

    Clifton Dalton,Asst Chief

    on December 25, 2011 @ 4:16 am. Reply

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